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Showing 23312340 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-12

…within three months for the remainder of his predecessor's term. If the president is prevented from carrying out his duties, he shall be replaced by the judge he has designated. If no judge is designa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1208-3

…t are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within eight days, to the applicant, the parents, guardian, person or service to whom the child has been entrusted or the delegated…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-12

…oned in article L. 3142-26, in the event of successive renewals of the leave of absence for a close carer or part-time work, the employee shall notify the employer of this extension at least fifteen d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L251-12

…ethods for its depreciation and net revenue, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may carry out or have carried out by an independent expert an audit of the operating account drawn up by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quinquies

…es, the business property tax, the council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling and the household waste removal tax, the rental value of the built-u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-12

…the distribution of his working hours, even though the employment contract has not provided for the cases and nature of such modifications, the employee's refusal to accept this modification constitut…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1222-2

…may be consulted at the court registry by the petitioner, the guardian, the parents or, where applicable, their lawyers, until a decision is made on the petition. At any time during the procedure, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-12

Household effects brought by persons who have died in public health establishments after having been treated there free of charge, belong to the said public health establishments to the exclusion of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-12

The single body shall inform the registrant of any technical difficulties concerning the sending of its file by it to the recipient bodies or, where applicable, to the authorities authorised to issue…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-19

In the event of default by the pursuing creditor or the third-party purchaser, subrogation may be requested by the registered creditors in the forms provided for by

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